2013 GRANTEES
· Aim High: $25,000
Support a four-year academic enrichment program for 5th – 8th graders from low-income neighborhoods
· CHADS Coalition for Mental Health: $10,000
Implement a bullying prevention program in two St. Louis City schools and 12 St. Louis County schools
· Helping Hand-Me-Downs: $10,000
Provide clothing for needy children from birth to age one
· Let’s Start: $20,000
Fund therapeutic services for formerly incarcerated women and their children
· Mind’s Eye Information Service: $10,000
Upgrade broadcasting equipment and train volunteer readers for the blind and print-impaired
· Pathways to Independence: $20,000
Provide social programming for adults with complex learning disabilities and disorders
· Prison Performing Arts: $12,500
Hire a coordinator for a theater company composed of former prisoners
· Ready Readers: $20,000
Recruit volunteers who read to preschool children from low-income communities
· Redevelopment Opportunities for Women: $25,000
Help non-English speaking women recover from domestic violence, homelessness and poverty
· St. Louis Health Equipment Lending Program (HELP): $15,000
Advance the reuse and recycling of home medical equipment
· St. Louis Internship Program: $20,000
Underwrite job training and paid internships for inner-city youth in professional settings